‘Last December, I lost the ability to write. I showed my husband my nonsensical scribble on our holiday cards. ‘I don’t know what’s happening to me,’ I sobbed.’ I have months to live, perhaps two, perhaps some other number, the doctors won’t tell me. They can’t. They do not know. …

The SABC’s Metro FM news presenter Pearl Shongwe has passed on. It is understood she died at her Polo Fields home north of Johannesburg. Details are still sketchy at the moment. The newsreader also presented sport on SABC’s 404 News channel and Morning Live on weekends alongside Simphiwe Ncongwane. A …

In April 2022, the sentencing of Mubarak Bala sent shockwaves internationally. The outspoken Nigerian atheist was sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to blaspheming Islam. What followed is a landmark case that has placed the threats to freedom of religion and expression in Nigeria …

Two Tiktok stars in in Nigeria’s Kano State have been found guilty of defaming state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The magistrate’s court also found them of engaging in actions that could disturb public peace. The sentence included offering a public apology to the governor, being given 20 lashes each, an …

A Kenyan police officer and two airport workers have been commended after they returned a bag that contained around $19,000 (£17,000) and other items that belonged to a British tourist. According to BBC, the tourist, identified as Benson Nickolson, misplaced the bag at the Wilson Airport in the East African …

You and your pals probably prefer to go on evening adventures, but you spend the whole time complaining about the insects. Asking “Why do mosquitoes target me so much?” is a common occurrence. A common misconception has it that this is the case because the “blood is great.” Scientists have …

A  45 year old woman and her 51 year old husband are in the police custody over punishment they meted out to their 21-year-old daughter. Mrs. Adioke Nasali and her husband Paul Nkejinke compelled their daughter, Soli Hawa to bath her own va_gina with hot pepper🌶️. In the video available …

Police in Mubende District are investigating circumstances under which a Senior One student at Kasenyi Secondary School committed suicide According to police preliminary investigations, Julius Ssekiziyivu, 15, a day scholar hanged himself a few minutes after returning from school for reasons not yet established. By the time Sekiziyivu committed suicide, …

Syphilis is another serious transmitted disease that has the tendency of becoming deadly if not treated beforehand. As far back 1963, WHO found Lagos to be the highest carrier of gonorrhea in the world. Decades after, it has been made known through available data that the rate at which sexually …

In the past, cancer was solely associated with people who are aged or above 50 years. However, since the 1990s many more people below 50 years are currently suffering from different kinds of cancer. Cancer which is the second leading cause of death globally is caused by a genetic mutation …

The idea that receiving an HIV diagnosis means your life is over and should be forgotten. HIV-positive people are increasingly living longer and in better health thanks to the development of antiretroviral therapy, especially if they begin treatment early and adhere to it religiously. However, several behaviours HIV-positive patients exhibit …

Elon Musk says Twitter users engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying it as a parody account will be permanently suspended. Twitter previously issued a warning before suspending accounts, but there would now be no warning, he announced. A number of accounts that changed their name to Elon Musk and mocked …

It’s normal for one of your testicles to be bigger than the other. The right testicle tends to be the bigger one. One of them also usually hangs a little lower than the other within the scrotum. However, your testicles should never feel painful. And even if one is bigger, …

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has bemoaned Ghana is losing the importance of teachers hence the revered profession has rather become a stop gab job for many. He blamed the situation on poor condition of service for the profession, therefore urged government to have better look into remuneration of teachers …

Many African traditional tribes include rites of passage for male teenagers. These traditions, which may differ from culture to culture, include sacrifice, hunting, bravery, strength, and fortification testing. The Fulani of West Africa are one such indigenous people. These people devote themselves to the Sharo Festival. Sharo is a term …

Erectile dysfunction is one of the most common reasons for not doing well in bed, although there are other factors as well. Yes, you need to see a doctor, and it can be caused by several different medical conditions. On the other hand, there are foods that can help you …

  For your health, the kidneys are essential because they detoxify and cleanse the body by filtering 10-150 quarts of blood in a day. Their location is under the rib cage. Their function is to eliminate unnecessary and excessive fluids from your body, regulate the electrolyte levels, produce more red …

The Borno State Police Command in Maiduguri has arrested and detained a lone sheep and her two lambs following a complaint that it ate a heap of fried fish displayed for sale. The incident occurred at Bulabulin Ward in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council on Saturday. The sheep and her lambs …

Africa is renowned for having intriguing customs and cultures. But when it comes to the deceased, many African societies avoid them and even regard talking to them as improper. The Chewa Community, the largest ethnic community in Malawi and a Bantu people of central and southern Africa, do not share …

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed two persons in Zongo Akiki, Makurdi Local Government Area in Benue State. Zongo Akiki is a community located along Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering , NASME, Northbank, Makurdi. It was the first herdsmen attack in the metropolitan council since gunmen launched a blistering attacks on Benue …

A middle-aged man was electrocuted while trying to destroy the billboard of a governorship candidate in Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that the victim, identified as a member of the Park Management System (PMS), had climbed the poll at Challenge area in Ibadan on Friday November 4, without knowing …

Africa’s oldest president and one of the continent’s longest-serving rulers – President Paul Biya – will mark 40 years in power this weekend. Nationwide commemorative activities have been planned and his supporters are celebrating his achievements. But the 89-year-old’s opponents are lukewarm, calling on him to step down and hand …

A three-year-old child is the sole survivor of a murder spree that left six people dead at a house in New Brighton, Eastern Cape. Some victims were shot, while others were stabbed. The unharmed child was allegedly found next to the body of their mother, who had been shot twice …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

Deadly attack on Mogadishu military training camp comes a week after twin explosions in the city killed at least 116 people. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news …

A plane has crashed into a Tanzanian lake early Sunday morning according to multiple local media reports. The incident happened in the Lake Victoria located in Tanzania’s Kagera region. In photos circulating on social media, the plane has plunged into the river with only the tail showing. As part of …

  Bowel cancer is extremely fatal and can kill someone who is infected too quickly but you can stop doing those measures so much if you want to live long and safely. Many people follow bad lifestyles and behaviors, which are very dangerous to their health and shorten their lives. …

For your health, the kidneys are essential because they detoxify and cleanse the body by filtering 10-150 quarts of blood in a day. Their location is under the rib cage. Their function is to eliminate unnecessary and excessive fluids from your body, regulate the electrolyte levels, produce more red blood …

Self-acclaimed investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, claims there is a generational curse in Davido’s family. According to her, she believes the curse can only be broken by Davido spiritually. Her comment comes a few days after the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi who drowned in a swimming pool on Monday, October 31. The controversial journalist …

Angry youths went on a rampage after six women were crushed to death by a tipper truck along the Gubio road, the outskirt of Maiduguri, Borno State.   The incident occurred around 10:05 am on Friday, November 4, 2022, at Kaswan Fara, Shagari Lowcost Estate area when the tipper truck conveying …